5:23 a.m.
This is only a small release because I wanted to get something out
before the big refactoring I'm doing this week. The release notes are
below.
Rich.
RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.44
Language bindings
Python 2 support has been dropped. The minimum version of Python
required is 3.6.
Python bindings no longer use deprecated "PyEval_ThreadsInitialized".
Python bindings now include type hints (Sam Eiderman).
Erlang bindings now use libei instead of liberl_interface (Sergei
Golovan).
Tools
virt-get-kernel(1) can now find uncompressed kernels (Pino Toscano).
virt-sysprep(1) now regenerates the guest certificate store when a
certificate is removed from the guest (Pino Toscano).
virt-sysprep(1) can now remove IPA enrollment files and Kerberos
keytabs (Pino Toscano, Christian Heimes and François Cami).
API
New APIs
"cryptsetup-open" and "cryptsetup-close" replace
"luks-open", luks-
open-ro and luks-close. The new APIs add support for BitLocker
encryption.
Other API changes
"lvm-canonical-lv" no longer produces a noisy error message when called
with a non-LV parameter.
Build changes
C programs using libguestfs can now be compiled against the build
directory:
../libguestfs/run ./configure
../libguestfs/run make
OCaml components are now linked correctly when building in a different
directory from the source (Geoff Toole).
GCC LTO is now supported.
Weblate is now used for localization instead of Zanata (Pino Toscano).
The dependencies for guestfsd are no longer hard-coded but are now
generated from the built binary, ensuring that they shouldn't get out
of synch in future (Hilko Bengen).
Internals
lib/guestfs.h was moved to include/guestfs.h in the source. This is
not an externally visible change but affected a lot of places inside
the build system.
Bugs fixed
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1811539
The virt-diff command doesn't work on windows 2019 image
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1384241
The tar-in command does not allow restoring file capabilities
SEE ALSO
guestfs-examples(1), guestfs-faq(1), guestfs-performance(1),
guestfs-recipes(1), guestfs-testing(1), guestfs(3), guestfish(1),
http://libguestfs.org/
AUTHORS
· Andrey Shinkevich
· Dmitry Tantsur
· Geoff Toole
· Hilko Bengen
· Pino Toscano
· Richard W.M. Jones
· Sam Eiderman
· Sergei Golovan
· Thierry Vignaud
· Yuri Chornoivan
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Red Hat Inc.
LICENSE
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
BUGS
To get a list of bugs against libguestfs, use this link:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=...
To report a new bug against libguestfs, use this link:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&produc...
When reporting a bug, please supply:
· The version of libguestfs.
· Where you got libguestfs (eg. which Linux distro, compiled from
source, etc)
· Describe the bug accurately and give a way to reproduce it.
· Run libguestfs-test-tool(1) and paste the complete, unedited output
into the bug report.
libguestfs-1.44.0 2021-01-05 guestfs-release-notes-1.44(1)
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